Humor
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Quit Yer B*thcin’!
I’m beginning to think social media should be a privilege not a rite. And I’m talking about for adults here, not 13-year-olds. Before you go thinking I’m getting curmudgeonly, hear me out. I am certain there are people “out there” using FaceBook, Twitter, and whatever else (except Pinterest, because that’s holy ground) for devious means.…
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5 Tips to (really) be Beach-Body Ready!
With all the hoohah over the Protein World subway ad in London and the gaining momentum of the petition to have it removed, I realized a little fresh perspective was needed. After remembering that’s the kind of thing comedic writers are supposed to be good at providing, I decided to have a go at defining…
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Celebrate Yourself!
A writer friend of mine who’s been critiquing my most recent work asked me if I intentionally wrote about crazy people. “Seriously, do you close your eyes and open the DSM to a random page to pick out a form of nuttiness for your heroines?” I don’t. But I admit, it does sound like a fun…
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Happy Chinese New Year! (a.k.a., Happy Second Chance!)
Without noisemakers, without streamers, without a giant ball dropping down a pole in New York City, January 31st arrived. Ta Da! Do you know where your New Year’s Resolutions are? Oh yes, those. Remember them? If you’re like most Americans, or maybe just me, your commitment to make big changes in the new year is…
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National Clean off Your Desk Day
Holy smokes! I just learned that yesterday, Monday, Jan. 14, 2014, was National Clean Off Your Desk Day. I’m excited and amazed because I actually did it without knowing I was supposed to. Perhaps I was feeling the vibe. Here’s the after picture: Had I known I was celebrating a momentous occasion, I…
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The Truth Behind Life’s Little Ironies (according to me).
I sometimes think that the General Organizing Deity (i.e., GOD) has assigned am impish little character to oversee the order of things as perceived by humans here on earth. I’ve thought long and hard on the subject and have even given that being the job title of the Coordinator Responsible for Arranging Phenomenon (or CRAP…
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Cameron Diaz on the Objectification of Women
In a recent UK Sunday Times interview, Cameron Diaz raised eyebrows, ticked off feminists, and otherwise got people questioning the star’s understanding of her own vocabulary. In the midst of, like, prattling on, like, a 14-year-old girl, like, would, she managed to cogently express: “I think every woman does want to be objectified. There’s a…
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Separation of Work and Family
A good friend called the other day when I was walking my dog and she was driving her morning commute to work. It was a Thursday in a week from hell for her. She’s in a new position that was taking up more of her time and attention than she had expected. She had worked…
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Geometry in Daily Life
After a few months of struggling with the concepts of Deductive Reasoning and trying to stay awake as I plundered through if . . . then . . . statements in an 8th grade Geometry class too many years ago, I challenged my teacher, Mr. Moore. “How will I ever use this in real life?…